Species:	Origin:	Extraction Process
Mentha spicata	UK	Steam Distilled

Extraction Description	Scent Description
Oil obtained by steam distillation of flowering tops.	Warm, spicy-herbaceous, mint odour.

General Description
Spearmint English Grown. A perennial herb. The properties of Spearmint are similar to Peppermint, but its effects are less powerful. Spearmint is better adapted to children's preperations (massage oil, lotions or creams). Congested skin, teenage skin in skin preperations. Useful for tummy upsets (use to gently massage the abdomen diluted in carrier oil).

Historical Background
Used by ancient Greeks as a restorative and to scent their bath water.

Safety
DILUTE TO 5% OR LESS IN A CARRIER OIL BEFORE SKIN APPLICATION. KEEP OUT OF EYES. DO NOT SWALLOW.

What other people think
' Valued all over the world as a culinary herb, as shown by its folk names. It was used by the ancient Greeks as a restorative and to scent their bathwater. The distilled water is used to relieve hicough, colic, nausea, indigestion and flatulence' - an excerpt from the Complete Essential Oils by Julia Lawless - book has now been discontinued.